That 7 point win you're so dismissive of was a classic example of Piston basketball. Play good, hard defense and smart offense for four qtrs and eventually suck the life out of your opponent because they don't have the depth to keep up.
It's an approach that won a championship two years ago and almost won another last year. What has Dirkie wandering around the perimeter brought home for the Mavs?
I'm not dismissive about it at all. YOU were crowing about a 7 point win with Dirk going 9 of 23 in the field. My only point is that if that was going to be the Pistons strategy in a finals matchup against Dallas, they would lose, and it wouldn't be close.
As far as what has Dirk done, in case you haven't noticed, Dallas is a different team run by a different coach, has a different attitude with personnel that seem to fit better than they have before in Dallas or better than they have for other teams. You ripped Stackhouse and Van Horn, but they fit into what the Mavs want them to do nicely. If Stack hadn't started so much this year due to injury, he'd be a legit 6th man of the year award candidate. Besides, prior to two years ago, what had the current Pistons team ever done?
My point is that it starts somewhere. If you want to assert that because the Mavs haven't won a championship, they won't win one this year, please: by all means, be my guest. Otherwise, deal with the matchup issues.